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mer. put his glass down and turn ava
Another member Of the staff, Gen. Horne
was rebuked in d like maner.
New Jerseys New Senator.
Rufus Blodgett (Dem.) has been electet
United States senator by ,the votes O
thirty-seven Republicans and five Demo
Gratis.
Blodgett was declared elected amid wilt
excitement. Elodgett q elected by tn
thirty-eight Republican votes and b,
those OF Speaker Baird, Chattle, Throck
morton and Chase, Democrats.
Rufus Blodgett was born in Dorch es tie.
N. H., Nov. 8, 1884. He was a member o
ture in 1878 and 1879, representing Ocear
county. He aiterward removed to Mon
mouth county, where he 10Y lives. He il
identified with the interest of several rail
road companies, and has always been rec
ognized as q staunch Democrat. In the
assembly he was the Democratic leader. HI
is a fluent speaker, and is of commanding
figure. He was for several years q member
OF the Democratic committee. He is a su'
perintendent OF the New York & Long
Branch railroad.
Gladstone writes to the editor OF the
Baptist: II consider there is no opportu
nifty yet for the disesta Adjustment of the
Welsh church. No general political mat.
ter can be dealt with till the Irish Difficult.
ty is settled. An attempt by me to force
the postponement OF the Ilish question
would only increase confusion and pres.
cure. The main reason why the Irish
question is SO troublesome, obtrusive and
provoking is because it involves the social
order OF that country, and it is the nature
OF social questions to push their claims
for precedence in the session."
A petition from merchants and business
men OF Providence, representing about
$40, OUO, 600. was presented to the general
assembly, asking for the repeal OF the pro-
hibitory law.
The president and fellows of Harvard
OF a bequest OF $4,000, which is applica-
BILE only for the purposes OF special astro-
nomical investigations.
John Walters, a survivor OF the Irish re-
bellion OF 1898, and said TO be the Oldest
resident OF Detroit, is dead.
Berlin has thus returned six deputies op.
posed to the septennate. At Lubbock the
socialists engaged in Il riot after the an
nouncenent OF the result OF the election
there, in which their candidate was de
feated. The military intefered and made
many arrests. A number OF those arrest.
ed have since been released. Koenies burg
returned a National Liberal, Frankfort
on-the-Main a socialist, and Bremen a New
German Liberal. The supplementary
elections in twenty-four districts resulted
in the retunn of 3 Conservatives, 4 Ma.
tional Liberals, 10 New German Liberals,
2 Centrists, 4 Socialists and 7 imperialists.
1t has been necessary to call out troops to
suppress election riots at Waldenburg,
Prussian Silesia.
SIR George 0. Trevelyap, speaking in
London, strongly criticised what he
termed the governments weak Irish pol
icy. He appealed to the Liberals to put
aside imaginary differences on the Irish
question. These differences arose from the
Liberals persistently keeping Gladstone's
scheme in the forefront, instead of resolv.
ing Upon q comprehensive plan upon
which leaders OF both sides could agree.
Outside OF Irish affairs he had never seen
the Liberals in such complete accord.
The conferrees on thePaciic railroad in.
vestigation resolution reached q complete
! agreement. Their report was adopted by
/ both houses, and the reso~lution(or bill)
now goes to the president. The house con-
~ferrees accepted the senate amendments,
but the clause creating the commission
was modified by striking out the require
ment that the commissioners shall be
subject to confirmation by the senate, and
SO arranging the phraseology that the pres
ident's power to appoint them during the
recess shall be beyond question:.
Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin, sent an execu-
tive communication to the Wisconsin leg
i~slature protesting against an %appropria-
ton to build another ~penitentiary.
Chief Justice Morrison, OF the California
supreme court, died in San Francisco.
The new law extending the free delivery
service to cities that return gross annual
postal receipts OF at least $4,000, orhave
TO- 900 inhabitants, will benefit quite a
number of cities in Minnesota. There are
others which will receive it's benefits in the
near future, Those which are at present
within the provisions OF the law are: Man
kato, where the postal receipts are $12,-
495. 10; Red Wing, postal receipts SO ,O37.-
IL; Rochester, receipts $1O,S66.75; and
Saltwater, receipts $15,294.62. The city
nearest to the limit imposed by the law is
Faribault, Mimi, where the postal receipts
are 50, 51S. 80. In Dakota the towns bene.
fitted are Huron, postal receipts $40, 949..
town nearest to the limit is Grand Forks,
whose postal receipts amount to $9,341..
81.
The senate committee on the District oil
Columbia at. a meeting voted to report ad.
versely upon the nomination OF James M
Trotter, the Boston colored man nominal.
ed to be recorder Of deeds for the Dirtrict
of Columbia.
The bill OF the redemption of the trade
dollars and the anti-polygamy bill have
become laws without the signature Of thu
president by reason of the expiration O
the constitutional limitation Of ten days
within which he should have returned the
bills to congress in case Of disapproval
Both bills were carefully considered by the
president, and while they contained SOM
provisions to which he preferred not tt
commit himself, he was unwilling to defea'
the objects of the measures by a veto. "
Beaulieu, who was elected several times
from the White Earth reservation. is il
the city, and says he will have his right
if they can be secured. Mayor Rice ane
several of the Minnesota delegation are dis
posed to take up Beaulieu's cause, ant
think that a proper presentation OF it will
secure a different feeling toward him iron
the commissioner OF Indian affairs
Beaulieu's says that he was not orderes
off the reservation the last time he wen
up there, and thinks that Sheehan< feel
more kindly toward him.
Ex.Ald. O'Neil, the convicted New Yorl
boodler, was taken to Sing Sing prison.
The steamer W. n. Gardner, one of tn
largest boats plying on the Tombigbel
river from Mobile, was burned three miles
hn1oD Ha3naavi1le Alabama. The hnaf II